naïf

See also naif

English

Alternative forms

• naif

Etymology

Borrowing from French naïf.

Adjective

naïf (comparative more naïf, superlative most naïf)

1. Naive.
   • 1947, S.E. Morison, History of United States Naval Operations in World War II, Little, Brown, & Company, page 5:

   Doenitz was naïf to assume that England would have stood idly by while Germany built up her U-boat force to four figures; but it was true enough that the German Navy was unprepared for a submarine war.

Noun

naïf (plural naïfs)

1. One who is naive.

Translations

one who is naive — see naif

Anagrams

• an if, fain

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French

Etymology

From Old French, inherited from Latin nātīvus, whence also French natif, a borrowed doublet.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

naïf m (feminine naïve, masculine plural naïfs, feminine plural naïves)

1. naive

   Penses-tu qu'il va venir ? Je te trouve bien naïf.

Anagrams

• afin

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Italian

Etymology

Borrowing from French naïf.

Adjective

naïf (invariable)

1. naive

Noun

naïf (invariable)

1. a naive person

Anagrams

• fina